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Publisher's Description

From Aiseesoft Studio:
Aiseesoft Mac Blu-ray Player is used to play Blu-ray disc, Blu-ray folder and Blu-ray ISO image files on Mac with high qualified image and sound. And users can freely choose the specific Blu-ray title/chapter to play. Moreover, users can enjoy any video/audio files on this player, such as MPG, MPEG, VOB, MP4, RMVB, MKV, AVI, FLV, SWF, MOD, TOD, AAC, AC3, MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA, and so on. Even AVCHD videos like MTS, M2TS file and other popular HD Video are available for playback on it with 1080p on wide screen.
This Blu-ray player for Mac users enables you to freely play any Blu-ray disc released in different regions on your Mac without limitation. Select specific title/chapter or the main movie of Blu-ray disc to experience the high-quality picture directly. Apart from playing Blu-ray movie disc, this strong Mac Blu-ray Player software can play or playback Blu-ray folder (BDMV folder) as well as Blu-ray ISO image files (with a virtual drive). Click Open File to load local Blu-ray folder or ISO file to start the Blu-ray experience of movie-watching on your Mac with the latest MacOS Sierra.

If you want to watch an entire movie from beginning to end without changing anything, this software may work okay for you.

Cons

The interface is horrible and unprofessional, very frustrating. I'm surprised that a Mac magazine is actually encouraging owners of Macs to purchase this amateur software. For example, if you are watching a disk with several episodes on it (as every tv show will have), you'll simply get a list of the lengths of the episodes, such as 0:45:13:23, 0:46:16:18. Good luck guessing what order you need to play them in, as the company admitted to me that there's no way to know by looking at the list.

If you stop the show and want to continue at a future time, it won't remember where you were.

When watching on full screen, you can't access the menu to pause or stop the program without minimizing the screen.

There is no fast forward or rewind that works, other than to the next chapter. You can drag the bar but it won't show you the change in timer, and it will usually lock up the system.

Settings/preferences are basically non-existent.

Summary

I asked the company for a refund since I'm really not satisfied. They stated that they don't offer refunds since they offer a free trial. Well, honestly I did use the trial (which btw places a huge "watermark"/banner over the middle of the screen and discourages you from actually enjoying what you are trying to watch) but didn't try every possible functionality of it before purchasing. My fault for thinking the company would care about their customers' satisfaction with their product.

Mac owners generally love the user-friendliness of the interface that Mac's offer. This software goes directly against that grain.

- High quality video
- easy to use
- played all blu-rays I tried (other players froze or refused to play)

Cons

- Blu-ray menus are replaced with a dull interface. It's fine if you have to watch a movie, but it's almost impossible to watch tv series or extras.
- no keyboard shortcuts (not even the space bar to pause/resume)
- mouse won't disappear on full screen mode

Summary

Out of all the Blu-ray players for Mac I have tried this is by far the best, but it's nowhere near great.
The complete lack of support for the Blu-ray menus is the major issue, making it almost impossible to enjoy series or bonus extras (they are all accessible but you have no idea what you are watching).

I was recommended by my friend to use this Mac Blu-ray player software, which works well on my Mac Mountain Lion and even compatible with the new yosemite. I always use it to play blu-ray on macbook air for sharing with my friends and family.

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